Creativity dose with... Helena Soubeyrand
My name is Helena Soubeyrand. I live in Paris, I’m an actress and an Illustrator.
Define your style in 3 words :
Simple, Timeless, Well tailored
Favorite fashion brands?
Chloé Stora
Dior (because I admire Maria Grazia Chiuri’s work so much)
Your female muse/ inspirational person ?
•Lee Miller
•Louise Bourgeois
•Hedy Lamarr
•Berthe Morisot
•Maria Grazia Chiuri
Basics every woman should have in her dressing room?
•Every clothe that make you feel beautiful, strong and confident
•Clothes that you do not think of while you are wearing it, just and extension of your deep « you ».
How do you recharge your batteries ?
I live in Paris so I need air and calm, my fiance and I try to go every Sunday in the Forest of Saint Germain en Laye for a walk and big oxygen. Not the same week after that.
The Art you chose to express yourself ? ( music, painting..)
Since I was very young it was only acting, I was afraid to show my paintings. I did a work to « allow me » to do what I want and stop being afraid all the time, it change my life.
I wrote a serie also I’m still working on it with my producers. I’m gonna be a mother of a little girl very soon, and I want her to see that we do not have to wait permission to do whatever we need to do to feel good but I had to begin to do that myself :)
Favorite artists in any field?
Marisol Escobar,
Henri Matisse, Lee Miller, Calder, Jacques Tati... and so many more!
Who do you dream to meet?
Maria Grazia Chiuri, Michelle Obama, Catherine Gueguen (amazing pediatrist), Meryl Streep, Jane Campion.
Favorite restaurant?
In Paris
•Elmer rue Notre Dame de Nazareth
•The Frenchies rue du Nil
•Chez Marcel impasse Villa Léandre
Favorite museum?
•Centre Pompidou
•Musée d’Orsay
•Jeu de Paume
Next trip ?
Being a mother
Readings to advise?
•L'Age de la Lumière of Whitney Scharer
•L’âme du Monde of Frédéric Lenoir
•Pour une enfance heureuse de Catherine Gueguen
Your favorite quote ?
« Our thoughts creates our reality »
A style advice?
Instinct
Favorite IG account?
@florenceacademyofartus
@celestebarber
What are your sources of inspiration?
I spent a lot of times in Church’s during the vacation of my childhood with my grandparents and I was very bored and watched a lot of the paintings on the walls. It was a lot of « Madone » wich is the drawing I do the most.
And during my twenties I spent hours in museums because It was free and I was broke so l guess everything I saw was a part of an inspiration. Sometimes the more you can impregnate yourself with, the more it comes back as an inspiration.
Biggest dream ?
Live from what I love to do everyday and being completely free with it, share with new people around the world our passions and our works being able to travel with that.
Follow Helena on Instagram : @helenasoubeyrand